Haven Retro Combined Chart : 09.03.1974

[smokeyb]

Week number 2 at the top for The Hollies, as David Bowie moves up a place to number 2.



Suzi Quatro slips to 3, Paul McCartney & wings are up at 4 and Alvin Stardust is at 5.



there are 7 new entries this week, the highest is barry Blue at number 20.



The biggest climber is Elton John who jumps up 18 places to number 16.



The biggest faller is Andy Williams who falls 45 places.

[smokeyb]

09.03.1974 (Week # 10)

1 (01) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe - 188 points (6-3-2-1-1) 5 wks
2 (03) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel - 154 points (4-3-2) 3 wks
3 (02) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive - 131 points (4-2-1-2-3) 5 wks
4 (06) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 126 points (28-28-36-37-40-x-39-40-x-24-6-4) 10 wks
5 (04) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind - 103 points (11-5-4-5) 4 wks
6 (11) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero - 98 points (18-11-6) 3 wks
7 (12) Elton John - Candle In The Wind - 91 points (12-7) 2 wks
8 (09) Bay City Rollers – Remember - 81 points (10-8-9-8) 4 wks
9 (07) Cher - Dark Lady - 66 points (34-31-19-11-8-10-7-9) 8 wks
10 (14) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen - 59 points (34-14-10) 3 wks
11 (13) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl - 58 points (35-17-13-11) 4 wks
12 (18) Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - 54 points (18-12) 2 wks
13 (29) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye - 53 points (29-13) 2 wks
14 (08) Wombles - Wombling Song - 42 points (23-8-5-6-7-8-14) 7 wks
15 (22) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are? - 41 points (22-15) 2 wks
16 (34) Elton John - Bennie And the Jets - 40 points (35-30-40-x-34-16) 5 wks
17 (10) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World - 38 points (17-4-3-5-6-10-17) 7 wks
18 (05) Mud - Tiger Feet - 38 points (2-2-1-1-1-3-5-18) 8 wks
19 (21) Billy Joel - Piano Man - 34 points (21-19) 2 wks
20 (NE) Barry Blue - School Love - 29 points (20) 1 wk
21 (NE) Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music - 28 points (21) 1 wk
22 (17) Dolly Parton - Jolene - 27 points (37-27-19-17-22) 5 wks
23 (15) Barry White - Never Gonna Give You Up - 27 points (15-10-7-11-15-23) 7 wks
24 (19) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - 25 points (25-21-19-24) 4 wks
25 (35) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - 22 points (34-35-35-25) 4 wks
26 (28) Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love - 20 points (31-31-29-25-28-26) 6 wks
27 (36) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - 20 points (36-36-27) 3 wks
28 (NE) Hot Chocolate - Emma - 20 points (28) 1 wk
29 (30) Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - 19 points (33-27-30-29) 4 wks
30 (NE) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - 19 points (30) 1 wk
31 (NE) Robert Knight – Everlasting Love - 19 points (31) 1 wk
32 (25) Prelude - After The Goldrush - 18 points (26-21-16-12-12-25-32) 7 wks
33 (27) Hudson-Ford - Burn Baby Burn - 18 points (26-27-33) 3 wks
34 (NE) Al Wilson – Touch And Go - 18 points (34) 1 wk
35 (33) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) - 17 points (32-33-35) 3 wks
36 (16) Sweet - Teenage Rampage - 17 points (4-1-2-2-4-9-16-36) 8 wks
37 (37) K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Sound Your Funky Horn - 17 points (38-37-37) 3 wks
38 (32) Three Degrees - Year Of Decision - 16 points (33-32-38) 3 wks
39 (38) Dells – I Miss You - 15 points (37-32-34-36-36-37-38-39) 8 wks
40 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotised - 15 points (40) 1 wk
40 (40) Ian Matthews - These Days - 15 points (32-31-40-40) 4 wks
40 (23) Diana Ross - All Of My Life - 15 points (30-8-5-5-7-7-9-15-23-40) 10 wks

Dropouts:
54 (39) Pink Floyd - Us & Them - 11 points (32-30-30-39)
58 (24) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - 10 points (25-23-19-20-18-18-16-19-19-24-29-26-24-22-24)
61 (20) Allman Brothers Band - Jessica - 8 points (26-20-13-14-20)
65 (31) T. Rex – Teenage Dream - 7 points (33-21-15-13-31)
71 (26) Andy Williams - Solitaire - 6 points (24-15-13-19-28-23-26)

[smokeyb]

Thanks to o Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak darkstar79 Mark rubcale & Smurfie


I will leave this open until Fri.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 16.03.1974

1 (8) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (3) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (6 wk) (# 3)
4 (9) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (4) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) (4 wk) (# 4)
6 (2) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (6 wk) (# 1)
7 (6) Bay City Rollers - Remember (6 wk) (# 6)
8 (10) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (3 wk) (# 8)
9 (12) Freddie Starr - Its You (4 wk) (# 9)
10 (7) Wombles - Wombling Song (8 wk) (# 4)
11 (24) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You (2 wk) (# 11)
12 (11) Elton John - Candle In The Wind (3 wk) (# 11)
13 (5) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (4 wk) (# 5)
14 (13) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me (6 wk) (# 10)
15 (18) Hudson Ford - Burn Baby Burn (5 wk) (# 15)
16 (14) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up (8 wk) (# 14)
17 (25) Barry Blue - School Love (3 wk) (# 17)
18 (15) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (7 wk) (# 10)
19 (40) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (3 wk) (# 19)
20 (19) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me And You (6 wk) (# 19)
21 (28) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are (4 wk) (# 21)
22 (16) Mud - Tiger Feet (9 wk) (# 1)
23 (20) Andy Williams - Solitaire (15 wk) (# 4)
24 (35) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love (2 wk) (# 24)
25 (22) Medicine Head - Slip And Slide (6 wk) (# 22)
26 (29) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (5 wk) (# 26)
27 (33) Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (NE) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (1 wk) (# 28)
29 (21) Prelude - After The Goldrush (8 wk) (# 21)
30 (45) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (2 wk) (# 30)
31 (36) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (4 wk) (# 31)
32 (23) Diana Ross - All Of My Life (11 wk) (# 9)
33 (17) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (8 wk) (# 3)
34 (47) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music (2 wk) (# 34)
35 (38) Smokey Robinson - Just My Soul Responding (4 wk) (# 35)
36 (NE) Hot Chocolate - Emma (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (43) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (2 wk) (# 37)
38 (NE) Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1 wk) (# 38)
39 (42) Melanie - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (5 wk) (# 37)
40 (NE) Elvis Presley - I've Got A Thing About You Baby (1 wk) (# 40)
41 (37) Dawn - Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally (2 wk) (# 37)
42 (30) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (15 wk) (# 3)
43 (31) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (20 wk) (# 2)
44 (44) Neil Sedaka - A Little Lovin (6 wk) (# 34)
45 (RE) Cher - Dark Lady (4 wk) (# 36)
46 (NE) Ragtimers - The Sting (1 wk) (# 46)
47 (NE) Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (27) The Stylistics - Rockin´ Roll Baby (9 wk) (# 6)
49 (41) London String Chorale - Galloping Home (12 wk) (# 31)
50 (NE) Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down (1 wk) (# 50)

Usa chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 14-03-74:  Presenter: Noel Edmonds
(15) HUDSON-FORD – Burn Baby Burn  
(11) THE NEW SEEKERS feat. LYN PAUL – I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
(30) QUEEN – Seven Seas Of Rhye  
(26) ARETHA FRANKLIN – Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)  
(4) CHARLIE RICH – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World  
(36) HOT CHOCOLATE – Emma  
(19) THE CARPENTERS – Jambalaya (On The Bayou)  
(37) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Ma-Ma-Belle
(24) ROBERT KNIGHT – Everlasting Love  
(1) PAPER LACE – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
(8) PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS – Jet 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 16.03.1974
1 (1) Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (8 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue (4 wk) (# 1)
3 (4) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (14 wk) (# 3)
4 (11) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (20 wk) (# 1)
5 (3) Deep Purple - Burn (3 wk) (# 3)
6 (8) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (10 wk) (# 5)
7 (5) Perry Como - And I Love You So (37 wk) (# 1)
8 (6) Andy Williams - Solitaire (9 wk) (# 3)
9 (NE) Mick Ronson - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (1 wk) (# 9)
10 (12) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (87 wk) (# 2)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love (7 wks)
02 Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (8 wks)
03 The Temptations – Heavenly (1 wk)
04 Al Wilson – Touch And Go (2 wks)
05 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) (4 wks)
06 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (5 wks)
07 The Dells – I Miss You (9 wks)
08 New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry (7 wks)
09 First Choice – Newsy Neighbors (3 wks)
10 The Isley Brothers – The Highway Of My Life (9 wks)

11 Tavares – That's The Sound That Lonely Makes (7 wks)
12 The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (3 wks)
13 Johnnie Taylor – We're Getting Careless With Our Love (8 wks)
14 Tyrone Davis – I Wish It Was Me (7 wks)
15 The Chi-Lites – Homely Girl (6 wks)
16 New Birth – It's Been A Long Time (5 wks)
17 Barry White – Honey Please, Can't Ya See (4 wks)
18 Tower Of Power – What Is Hip (4 wks)
19 Robert Knight – Everlasting Love (2 wks)
20 The Jackson Five – Dancing Machine (1 wk)

21 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (52 wks)
22 Bobby Bland – Goin' Down Slow (3 wks)
23 Ashford & Simpson – (I'd Know You) Anywhere (9 wks)
24 Marvin Gaye – You Sure Love To Ball (8 wks)
25 Smokey Robinson – Just My Soul Responding (4 wks)
26 Bloodstone – Outside Woman (4 wks)
27 The Persuaders – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (3 wks)
28 The Main Ingredient – Just Don't Want to Be Lonely (7 wks)
29 Blue Magic – Stop To Start (7 wks)
30 The Staple Singers – Touch A Hand (Make A Friend) (4 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Jet - Wings < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Candle In The Wind - Elton John
3 ( 5 ) Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
4 ( 10 ) Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen
5 ( -- ) W.O.L.D - Harry Chapin
6 ( 2 ) The Air That I Breathe - Hollies (#1[2])
7 ( 6 ) Rebel Rebel - David Bowie (#6)
8 ( 15 ) Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips
9 ( 4 ) Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro (#3)
10 ( 16 ) Ma-Ma-Belle - Electric Light Orchestra

11 ( 11 ) School Love - Barry Blue
12 ( 8 ) Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace (#7)
13 ( 7 ) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks (#4)
14 ( 13 ) Who Do You Think You Are - Candlewick Green (#13)
15 ( 20 ) Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
16 ( 9 ) Remember (Sha-La-La-La) - Bay City Rollers (#5)
17 ( 12 ) Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust (#11)
18 ( 18 ) Mighty Love - Spinners
19 ( -- ) Emma - Hot Chocolate
20 ( 30 ) I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - New Seekers

21 ( -- ) I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song - Jim Croce
22 ( 19 ) Burn Baby Burn - Hudson Ford (#18)
23 ( 24 ) Teenage Dream - Marc Bolan & T.Rex
24 ( 14 ) Tiger Feet - Mud (#1[4])
25 ( -- ) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Main Ingredient
26 ( 17 ) Teenage Rampage - Sweet (#2[2])
27 ( -- ) Long Live Love - Olivia Newton John
28 ( 39 ) A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich
29 ( 25 ) Come And Get Your Love (Hail) - Redbone (#20)
30 ( 22 ) Dark Lady - Cher (#9)

31 ( 21 ) How Come - Ronnie Lane (#2[2])
32 ( 31 ) Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier (#31)
33 ( 23 ) Wombling Song - Wombles (#4)
34 ( 26 ) Star - Stealers Wheel (#15)
35 ( -- ) T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB & Three Degrees
36 ( 29 ) I Shall Sing - Art Garfunkel (#23)
37 ( 27 ) Scullery - Clifford T Ward (#11)
38 ( 32 ) A Little Lovin' - Neil Sedaka (#28)
39 ( 28 ) Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (#6)
40 ( -- ) I've Got A Thing About You Baby - Elvis Presley

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-- ( 33 ) The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu (#5)
-- ( 34 ) Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - Rolling Stones (#21)
-- ( 35 ) Let Your Hair Down - Temptations (#17)
-- ( 36 ) After The Goldrush - Prelude (#13)
-- ( 37 ) Happiness Is Me And You - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#30)
-- ( 38 ) I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King (#32)
-- ( 40 ) Baby We Can't Go Wrong - Cilla Black (#31)

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-- ( -- ) We're Getting Careless With Our Love - Johnnie Taylor

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Paul McCartney and Wings keeping out double Elton John, Queen climb to #4 and Harry Chapin enters at #5 as David Bowie fails to get higher than #6.

The UK appear to be very slow in charting that Doobie Brothers song, which reached NM #9 in October 1972.

[rubcale]

01 Paper Lace Billy Don't Be A Hero
02 Hollies The Air That I Breathe
03 New Seekers I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
04 Paul McCartney & Wings Jet
05 Prelude After The Goldrush
06 Carpenters Jambalaya
07 Charlie Rich The Most Beautiful Girl
08 Bay City Rollers Remember (Sha-La-La-La)
09 Hudson Ford Burn-Baby Burn
10 Barry Blue School Love
11 Ringo Starr You're Sixteen
12 Robert Knight Everlasting Love
13 Candlewick Green Who Do You Think You Are
14 David Bowie Rebel Rebel
15 Aretha Franklin Until You Come Back To Me
16 Mud Tiger Feet
17 Queen Seven Seas Of Rhye
18 Doobie Brothers Listen To The Music
19 Eddie Kendricks Keep On Trucking
20 Lulu The Man Who Sold The World

[Smurfie]

1 ) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
2 ) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
3 ) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
4 ) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero
5 ) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are
6 ) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
7 ) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
8 ) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
9 ) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
10 ) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
11 ) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up
12 ) Wombles - Wombling Song
13 ) Bay City Rollers - Remember
14 ) Diana Ross - All Of My Life
15 ) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
16 ) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me
17 ) Hot Chocolate - Emma
18 ) Cher - Dark Lady
19 ) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
20 ) Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Elton John – Candle In The Wind
02(02) David Bowie – Rebel Reb
03(05) Billy Joel – Piano Man
04(06) The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
05(03) The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
06(08) Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music
07(13) Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
08(22) Queen – Seven Seas Of Rhye
09(04) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl
10(11) Jim Croce – I’ll Have To Say I Love You In a Song

11(21) Carly Simon & James Taylor– Mockingbird
12(07) Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive
13(12) Wings – Jet
14(09) Cher – Dark Lady
15(23) Helen Reddy – Keep On Singing
16(26) Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
17(10) Ringo Starr – You’re Sixteen
18(--) Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized
19(--) Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun
20(16) Mud – Tiger Feet

21(27) Robert Knight – Everlasting Love
22(28) New Seekers – I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
23(--) Hot Chocolate – Emma
24(--) Elvis Presley – I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby
25(30) Barry Blue – School Love
26(--) Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love
27(--) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything
28(15) Candlewick Green – Who Do You Think You Are
29(14) Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassau
30(--) The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine

31(17) Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind
32(19) Barry White – Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up
33(18) Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me
34(--) The Chi-Lites – Homely Girl
35(--) Cat Stevens – Oh Very Young
36(20) T. Rex – Teenage Dream
37(24) Genesis – I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
38(--) Gladys Knight & The Pips – I’ve Got To Use My Imagination
39(--) Eddie Kendricks – Boogie Down
40(--) Sunny – Doctor’s Orders

[smokeyb]

1 (1) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (4 wks)
2 (3) Paul McCartney & Wings- Jet (3 wks)
3 (5) Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (5 wks)
4 (6) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (4 wks)
5 (2) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (6 wks)
6 (11) Elton John - Candle In The Wind (3 wks)
7 (7) Bay City Rollers - Remember (6 wks)
8 (8) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (5 wks)
9 (9) Medicine Head - Slip And Slide (6 wks)
10 (10) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) (4 wks)
11 (4) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (5 wks)
12 (17) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are (4 wks)
13 (NE) Hot Chocolate - Emma (1 wk)
14 (25) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (2 wks)
15 (35) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music (2 wks)
16 (22) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (3 wks)
17 (24) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (2 wks)
18 (21) Billy Joel - Piano Man (4 wks)
19 (27) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental (2 wks)
20 (28) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love (2 wks)
21 (23) Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room (3 wks)
22 (40) Helen Reddy - Keep On Singing (2 wks)
23 (30) Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (3 wks)
24 (20) Freddie Starr - Its You (4 wks)
25 (29) Barry Blue - School Love (3 wks)
26 (39) Ringo Starr - Oh My My (2 wks)
27 (NE) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (1 wk)
28 (12) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (6 wks)
29 (31) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (4 wks)
30 (13) The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica (9 wks)
31 (14) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up (8 wks)
32 (NE) Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (1 wk)
33 (15) Cher - Dark Lady (5 wks)
34 (16) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (8 wks)
35 (18) Queen - Liar (5 wks)
36 (19) John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders (7 wks)
37 (26) Hudson Ford - Burn Baby Burn (5 wks)
38 (32) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (5 wks)
39 (33) Mud - Tiger Feet (9 wks)
40 (34) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me And You (6 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 09.03.1974

1 (09) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero
2 (01) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
3 (03) The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
4 (06) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
5 (04) Bay City Rollers - Remember
6 (07) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet
7 (14) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
8 (22) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
9 (02) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
10 (05) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes On Me
11 (08) Freddie Starr - It's You
12 (10) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
13 (25) Barry Blue - School Love
14 (13) The Wombles - The Wombling Song
15 (11) Elton John - Candle In The Wind
16 (26) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
17 (18) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give You Up
18 (17) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
19 (12) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen
20 (15) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World
21 (16) Mud - Tiger Feet
22 (19) Andy Williams - Solitaire
23 (20) Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby
24 (21) Cher - Dark Lady
25 (New) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
26 (23) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me And You
27 (24) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
28 (New) Hot Chocolate - Emma
29 (27) Cliff Richard - Take Me High
30 (New) Elvis Presley - I've Got A Thing About You Baby
31 (28) Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong
32 (29) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me
33 (New) Carly Simon And James Taylor - Mockingbird
34 (30) Diana Ross - All Of My Life
35 (31) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - The Love I Lost
36 (32) Sweet - Teenage Rampage
37 (33) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
38 (34) Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo
39 (35) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau
40 (36) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Alvin Stardust - JEALOUS MIND
2 [1] :: David Bowie - REBEL REBEL
3 [3] :: Billy Joel - PIANO MAN
4 [8] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - JET
5 [7] :: Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND
6 [5] :: Hollies - THE AIR THAT I BREATHE
7 [4] :: Suzi Quatro - DEVIL GATE DRIVE
8 [9] :: Willie Nelson - BLOODY MARY MORNING
9 [6] :: Cher - DARK LADY
10 [new] :: Charlie Rich - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD
11 [new] :: Doobie Brothers - LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
12 [new] :: Electric Light Orchestra - MA-MA-MA BELLE
13 [new] :: Queen - SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE
14 [17] :: Staple Singers - TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND)
15 [11] :: Helen Reddy - KEEP ON SINGING
16 [16] :: Golden Earring - RADAR LOVE
17 [14] :: Bob Dylan - ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
18 [13] :: Bay City Rollers - REMEMBER (SHA-LA-LA-LA)
19 [12] :: Sweet - TEENAGE RAMPAGE
20 [new] :: Paper Lace - BILLY DON'T BE A HERO

[o]

Dont remember that ELO song so thanks for the TOTP link, thoroughly enjoyed it!

1 Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet
2 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
3 Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
4 Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
5 Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero
6 Elton John - Candle In The Wind
7 Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
8 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
9 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World
10 Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine)
11 Bay City Rollers – Remember
12 Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room
13 Cher – Dark lady
14 Alvin Stardust – Jealous mind
15 Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
16 Hot Chocolate - Emma
17 Ragtimers - The Sting

[popchartfreak]

2nd March 1974


It's a very quiet debut in the world of 1974 for future disco anthem Rock The Boat, sometimes taken as the birth of the disco genre as such, and it certainly was released ahead of the one that topped the UK chart and started the ball rolling. The Hues Corporation party dance track, though, took almost 6 months to break through! Number One here, in the meantime. The New Seekers get a first top 10 since Circles 2 years earlier, giving them a 6th top 10. New in at 13 is Robert Knight's revived Everlasting Love, which charted in my 1968 retro charts 6 years ago and peaked at 11, meanwhile the strings hook for the Love Affair cover of the song was nicked by Jeff Lynne for Daybreaker (see 48).

Anne Murray drops her Love Song from the chart, but adds at 40 her Beatles cover, hot off her new album and a US single shortly - You Won't See Me got a fair amount of airplay in the UK in the summer but didn't chart. She had more US luck, and with me (top 5 in my charts of the time). The Temptations have a sudden change of style, pure 50's-ish lush ballad Heavenly, never heard it before but I rather like it, new at 47.

T. Rex drop new album Zinc Alloy (etc.) which my mate Ian bought and played to me a lot, so I got to know it pretty well in 1974, and two of the tracks drop in, Liquid Gang at 70, and the one that should have been a single at 52, Venus Loon. It's more commercial than any of the 3 actual singles Marc released that year, as he was very much on a diminishing set of returns with each single until New York City in 1975. Cat Stevens is back with US hit Oh Very Young, a decent later Cat effort, and The Ragtimers do a more upbeat cover of Marvin Hamlisch's version of Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, for a cash-in hit and a new film-related title with added banjo.


1 ( NEW ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1

2 ( 1 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1

3 ( 4 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3

4 ( 20 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4

5 ( 2 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1

6 ( 5 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2

7 ( 7 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7

8 ( 3 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1

9 ( 8 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1

10 ( 6 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1


11 ( 16 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 11

12 ( 9 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6

13 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 13

14 ( 13 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

15 ( 15 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2

16 ( 14 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14

17 ( 18 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

18 ( 12 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1

19 ( 22 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19

20 ( 10 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1


21 ( 11 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3

22 ( 19 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7

23 ( 21 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9

24 ( 52 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 24

25 ( 27 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 25

26 ( 26 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7

27 ( 29 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2

28 ( 17 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1

29 ( 39 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 29

30 ( 25 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25


31 ( 24 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8

32 ( 31 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21

33 ( 32 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1

34 ( 34 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1

35 ( 48 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 35

36 ( 28 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1

37 ( 37 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37

38 ( 47 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 38

39 ( 35 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13

40 ( NEW ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 40


41 ( 23 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16

42 ( 42 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42

43 ( 30 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24

44 ( 36 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 36

45 ( 41 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41

46 ( 40 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2

47 ( NEW ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 47

48 ( 38 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7

49 ( 44 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18

50 ( 45 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16


51 ( 60 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 51

52 ( NEW ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 52

53 ( 69 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53

54 ( 54 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 54

55 ( 50 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1

56 ( 33 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33

57 ( 58 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 57

58 ( 62 ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 58

59 ( 55 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1

60 ( 59 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6


61 ( 57 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1

62 ( 43 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22

63 ( 46 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26

64 ( 49 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3

65 ( 51 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4

66 ( 70 ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 66

67 ( 53 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35

68 ( 77 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 68

69 ( 63 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 63

70 ( NEW ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 70


71 ( 65 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65

72 ( 72 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 72

73 ( 56 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7

74 ( 74 ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74

75 ( NEW ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 75

76 ( 76 ) KEEP ON SINGING - Helen Reddy # 76

77 ( 75 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John # 75

78 ( 61 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60

79 ( 79 ) MIGHTY MIGHTY - Earth Wind & Fire # 79

80 ( NEW ) THE STING - The Ragtimers # 80



My charts of the time, aged 16 for that week...


Jet’s back at the top, having been released at last, for a fourth week at number one, bad news for Alvin as his bid for a second one falters at 2. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell hits 8 (lead single off the great album Court and Spark), while fellow singer-songwriter husband-wife James & Carly copy Melanie by covering an oldie, but as a duet. Real-oldie follows his son Dexter into the charts with a reissue of the late legend’s classic 1968 hit, Otis Redding and Dock Of The Bay, which would have been a big hit in 1969 for me had I allowed oldies in (it was a track on 16 Big Hits, a hits album I badgered my dad to buy ). Not the last time it would chart, though…

Ex-Flirtations and UK TV regular singer Pearly Gates had a girlie 60’s-stylee non-hit, Barry Blue appeals to kids with his School Love 50’s pastiche, having abandoned his Gary Glitter-sound alike phase. I doubt he knew what was coming, but the good news is the BBC can still play a record that sounds like Gary Glitter without fear of letters from Mr & Mrs Angry of Mayfair. Sneaking in for one solitary week a record you may have heard of, from Elton John. I was a huge fan of Elton, but I have never got this dirge. Honestly, the biggest-selling record in history, over-rated much! A week at 30 is about right, the far superior B side Bennie & The Jet was a massive US hit and should have been an A side in the UK in 1974 (not 1976 after the oomph had died out). Jambalaya I mention for it’s delightful mis-heard lyric (to me): the angelic, marvellous, sweet Karen singing jauntily “son of a gun we’ll have a big fart on the bayou” is a moment to treasure. Go on, listen to it, I’m right!

1 ( 32 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings

2 ( 2 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust

3 ( 4 ) DARK LADY Cher

4 ( 1 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra

5 ( 3 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford

6 ( 5 ) TIGER FEET Mud

7 ( 7 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

8 ( 10 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell

9 ( 8 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich

10 ( 6 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr


11 ( 9 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra

12 ( 34 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie

13 ( 11 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro

14 ( 23 ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks

15 ( NEW ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon

16 ( 19 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight

17 ( 12 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder

18 ( 14 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD Roy Wood

19 ( NEW ) (SITTING ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding

20 ( NEW ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX Pearly Gates


21 ( 22 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson

22 ( 20 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell

23 ( 13 ) TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T.Rex

24 ( 28 ) BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace

25 ( 16 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE The Sweet

26 ( 21 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin

27 ( 24 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White

28 ( NEW ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue

29 ( 26 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust

30 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John

31 ( 25 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Lulu

32 ( NEW ) JAMBALAYA The Carpenters

[raliverpool]

01 Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (5wks 24-3-1-1-1)
02 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (4wks 23-7-2-2)
03 Paul McCartney & Wings - Let Me Roll It (3wks 15-8-3)
04 Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotised (4wks 22-12-6-4)
05 Elton John - Bennie & The Jets (3wks 23-13-5)
06 Cher - Dark Lady (5wks 25-17-9-7-6)
07 Paul Simon - Something So Right (2wks 20-7)
08 Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (3wks 29-17-8)
09 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (6wks 14-2-1-2-3-9)
10 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (4wks 4-3-4-10)

11 Brian Eno - Needles in the Camel's Eye (2wks 23-11)
12 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (4wks 39-22-15-12)
13 Harry Chaplin - WOLD (4wks 37-17-14-13)
14 Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (5wks 31-12-10-11-14)
15 Deep Purple - Burn (2wks 21-15)
16 Elton John - Candle In The Wind (2wks 27-16)
17 Dolly Parton - Jolene (8wks 35-26-17-10-5-4-5-17)
18 Wombles - Wombling Song (5wks 35-20-11-12-18)
19 Pink Floyd - Us & Them (7wks 8-1-1-2-5-10-19)
20 Bob Dylan - Forever Young (5wks 13-8-6-9-20)

21 Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down (3wks 32-22-21)
22 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love (2wks 31-22)
23 Gram Parsons - Ooh Las Vegas (3wks 38-29-23)
24 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero (2wks 30-25)
26 Spinners - Mighty Love (2wks 36-26)
27 Electric Light Orchestra - Ma Ma Ma Belle (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Slade - When the Lights Are Out (4wks 27-19-18-28)
29 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me & You (5wks 29-19-14-16-29)
30 Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark (3wks 33-26-30)

31 Barry Blue - School Love (2wks 35-31)
32 Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (1wk 32 NEW)
33 John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Bee Gees - Mr Natural (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Anne Murray - A Love Song (4wks 35-30-25-35)
36 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (9wks 28-16-10-6-4-6-8-19-36)
37 Badfinger - Shine On (1wk 37 NEW)

38 Mick Ronson - Only After Dark (1wk 38 NEW)

39 T Rex - Interstellar Soul (1wk 39 NEW)

40 John Lennon - Out The Blue (1wk 40 NEW)

This debut single taken from Bowie's (former) guitarist's debut solo album Slaughter On 10th Avenue was co-written by Ronson with Scott Richardson, and sounds unnervingly like (early) Adam Ant well before he existed.